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Saint Willibrord
Abraham Bloemaert · 1625/30
Provenance
Ownership history
- Dionys Muilman (1702–1772), Amsterdam; sold, Amsterdam, Mar. 29, 1773, Kunstboek H, lot 591. Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (1726–1798), Amsterdam [inscription (Lugt 3002–4), verso, lower left, in pen and brown ink]; possibly sold, Amsterdam, Mar. 3, 1800, Kunstboek G, lot 26. J de Bosch; sold, Amsterdam, Apr. 6, 1812, Kunstboek B, lot 43. Carel Emil Duits (1882–1969), Amsterdam [stamp (Lugt 533a), recto, lower right, in red]. Prof. Einar Perman (1893–1976), Stockholm, by 1953 [Stockholm 1953]. Sold, Sotheby's, New York, Jan. 27, 2010, lot 9, to Dorothy Braude Edinburg, Brookline, Mass.; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2013.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Nationalmuseum and other Swedish Collections, 1953, p. 31, cat. no. 66.
- Laren, Singer Museum, Oude tekeningen uit de Nederlanden, verzameling Prof. E. Perman, Stockholm, 9 June–16 September 1962, p. 8, cat. no. 9.
- Art Institute of Chicago, The Thrill of the Chase: Drawings for the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection, Mar. 15–June 15, 2014, no cat.
- The Art Institute of Chicago, "Rubens, Rembrandt, and Drawing in the Golden Age", September 28, 2019 - January 5, 2020, pp. 155 (ill.), cat. by Victoria Sancho Lobis, et. al.
Literature
Published references
- J. Bolten, Abraham Bloemaert, c. 1565–1651, The Drawings, 2 vols. (Leiden: J. Bolten, 2007), vol. I: p. 123, cat. 312, vol. II: p. 158 (ill.).
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